Trunk.



Patented Iuly 2, |90l. 0. RANGNDW.

TRUNK (No Model.)

[NVE/vrom Otto Rcmgnow WIr/115.5355

By his fr/Leg I Nrrnn STATES ATENT sriCE@ TRUNK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 677,596, dated July 2,1901. Application filed March 30, 1901. Serial No. 53,642. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, OTTO RANGNOW, a citizen of the United States,residing at No. 59 Laurel street, Philadelphia, in the count)7 ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful 'Improvements in Trunks, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in trunks,and particularly to thatportion known as the valance-strip, which is carried by the lid andhangs down over the body of the trunk, concealing the line formedbetween the lid andthe body of the trunk. Formerly the valance-striphhasbeen made of a continuous piece which enel-roles the entire trunk, saidstrip being joined together in the back of the trunk. The valance-stripconstructed in this way was very awkward to handle and it was impossibleto bake it after it was japanned or to electroplate it, due to the factthat an oven or tank could not be made to accommodate it, andconsequently said strips are now painted instead of being japanned orelectroplated.

One'object of my invention is to construct a valance-stri p which can beconveniently handled both in attaching4 the same to the trunk and inelectroplating or baking it after it is japanned.

A further object of my invention is to construct the corner-clamp sothat it can be used in combination with the valance-strip and tostrengthen the trunk. Heretofore these corner-clamps have been placedover the corner of the continuous valance-strip and depended on saidstrip for their support, and as the strip is secured by a row of tacksplaced within a half an inch of the edge of the wooden lid it couldeasily be split off under a strain. The function of said strip is tocover the line between the lid and body of the trunk and not tostrengthen the trunk. In myimproved method I securely attach thecorner-clamp directly to the lid of the trunk and not to thevalance-strip- Referringr to the drawings, Figure l represents aperspective view of the trunk. Fig. 2 represents aperspective view ofthe cornerclamp with one section of the valance-strip attached and onedetached.V Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on line 3 3, Fig. 2.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the trunk, and B representsthe lid. On the lid are tacked the valance-strips, which are lnade insections C, C', O2, and O3. One section of the corner-clamp D is alsocarried by the lid of the trunk, and the corresponding section D' ofsaid corner-clamp is carried by the body of the trunk A. Figs. 2 and 3show the corner-clamp and valance-strips drawn to a larger scale. Thevalance-strip C is shown attached to the clamp D and to the body of thetrunk. The valance-strip O is shown detached, showing the holes c, whichcorrespond to the holes d in the clamp D. The clamp D, as shown in Fig.3, ts tightly against the trunk and is secured to the saine by pins d2.A portion d3 is provided to allow pins to be placed some distance fromthe edge of the lid. An offset CZ is provided in the clamp D for theaccommodation of the end of the valancestrip which is held by pins E.The advantage gained in attaching the'clamp D in this way will bereadily seen. The clamp rests entirely against the body of the trunk andnot against the valance-strip. It can therefore be placed in accuratealinernent with the other section D on the body of the trunk, and thedowel-pins F will always enter the openings in the section D. Thecornerclalnp, which is valuable for protecting and strengthening thetrunk, heretofore could not be satisfactorily used, because the sectioncarried by the lid of the trunk was placed over the valance-strip, whichwas continuous, and consequently the dowel-pins would not properly enterthe openings in the section carried by the body ofthe trunk. also beseen that by making the valance-strip in sections great convenience willbe had in putting them on the trunk and alsoin japanning orelectroplating them.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent- In a trunk the combination of a sectional valance-strip,a corner-clamp having offsets adapted to receive the ends of thevalancestrips and means of securing the same together substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have afxed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

OTTO RANGNOW.

Witnesses:

WM. J. SKEEN, WM. F. DONNELLY.

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